MEGA Conference Realignment and lawsuits Megathread: Stories, Tales, Lies, and Exaggerations

[Rickd]

Still a GREAT look and publicity for UM sports.

 

[Tony4Canes]

 

[Alex Del Piero]

 

[JD08]

Well deserved. He's doing a great job.


/sarc

 

[Alex Del Piero]

Well deserved. He's doing a great job.


/sarc

Supposedly Big Ten was coming after him, hence why the extension.

 

[Burricane]

Watch there not even be an ACC conference in three years. I’d laugh my *** off

 

[halocanex]

One day I will find a job with no accountability that also offers me raises.

 

[Felonious Monk]

I thought for sure Blake James would be next. I guess he's got to wait a little longer.

 

[Alex Del Piero]

Phillips had some major missteps (head-scratching declarations + opposing the PO expansion + the Notre Dame/Covid year fiasco) and the ACC probably needed a more aggressive and outside-thinker commissioner like Yormark is, but if the conference is basically a dead man walking it is not his fault. IMHO.

 

[Home Slice]

So when this all shakes out, where tf do we end up and when?

 

[mossmadness]

Phillips had some major missteps (head-scratching declarations + opposing the PO expansion + the Notre Dame/Covid year fiasco) and the ACC probably needed a more aggressive and outside-thinker commissioner like Yormark is, but if the conference is basically a dead man walking it is not his fault. IMHO.

Yep.

He has no answers. But he walked into a situation where he has none because there are none.

 

[cocanes]

ACC is dumb, Jim Phillips is even dumber signing an ext with a shaky conf. B10 strikes again without even wanting it

 

[Hold My Beer]

Phillips wasn't getting the Big Ten commissioner's job despite Pete Thamel labeling him the "speculative favorite" in the ESPN article.

It's gonna be Mark Silverman, current Fox Sports President and the guy who started and ran the B1G Network alongside Jim Delany for over a decade

 

[Hold My Beer]

Phillips had some major missteps (head-scratching declarations + opposing the PO expansion + the Notre Dame/Covid year fiasco) and the ACC probably needed a more aggressive and outside-thinker commissioner like Yormark is, but if the conference is basically a dead man walking it is not his fault. IMHO.

There was/is no fixing the ACC mess once the B1G and SEC revenues shot way past the long-term ACC deal that doesn't expire until 2036

 

[Tony4Canes]

 

[atlCanesFan]

I have no idea who this guy is, but he's claiming that not only are we about to get an invite to the B1G 10, but the whole ACC is going to be carved up by the B1G, SEC, and B1G 12.

ACC Teams Expected to Leave Conference​

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ot...1&cvid=b59897ef6de147818250351579229f0e&ei=10

 

[Yoyo82]

I have no idea who this guy is, but he's claiming that not only are we about to get an invite to the B1G 10, but the whole ACC is going to be carved up by the B1G, SEC, and B1G 12.

ACC Teams Expected to Leave Conference​

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ot...1&cvid=b59897ef6de147818250351579229f0e&ei=10

I'm not sure how legit he is either but he does have 70k followers on Twitter. It's not just some spam account.

Would love for football to play in the B1G. That's a way more national conference now than the SEC and Miami is a national brand. But it'll be tough on the other sports.

 

[CreativeCane]

I have no idea who this guy is, but he's claiming that not only are we about to get an invite to the B1G 10, but the whole ACC is going to be carved up by the B1G, SEC, and B1G 12.

ACC Teams Expected to Leave Conference​

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ot...1&cvid=b59897ef6de147818250351579229f0e&ei=10

Like you said, no idea who the guy is, but all those moves make sense to me. B1G wants to expand that market down to FL, GA, NC, and VA. SEC gets big state schools and natural rivalries. Big XII poaches some nice players while expanding their market.

 

[CreativeCane]

I'm not sure how legit he is either but he does have 70k followers on Twitter. It's not just some spam account.

Would love for football to play in the B1G. That's a way more national conference now than the SEC and Miami is a national brand. But it'll be tough on the other sports.

Other than the two west coast teams, we’re talking, what, another 30 minutes on a plane compared to going to Syracuse and BC? It too terrible and they can group trips, like volleyball playing MN and WI the same weekend.

Also, I noticed he totally left Duke off the tweet. Could totally see them, Cuse, and BC going Big East and finding a smaller conference for football in that scenario. What about Wake?

 

[Yoyo82]

Other than the two west coast teams, we’re talking, what, another 30 minutes on a plane compared to going to Syracuse and BC? It too terrible and they can group trips, like volleyball playing MN and WI the same weekend.

Also, I noticed he totally left Duke off the tweet. Could totally see them, Cuse, and BC going Big East and finding a smaller conference for football in that scenario. What about Wake?

Yeah but going to Syracuse and BC was for 2 teams only and not even every year.

Now almost every team we play against will be as far as Syracuse and BC and it'll be multiple times a year traveling that far.

The amount of travel will go up significantly which just means more late nights and early mornings, way more money spent on traveling, and just harder on the student athletes in general (not to mention the players' families). Not all sports have the support that the football players have that make all that travel much easier on them.

There won't be a single game for them closer than against Maryland. For football where you travel only 5 times a year and can charter a plane, not a big deal. But for basketball and baseball, and of course all the smaller sports, it'll add up.